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Per your question about NetHelp2 or a browser-independent Web Help tool.
you might want look into Blue Sky's WebHelp, which is browser independent
(not to be confused with their RoboHelp HTML product).
At the recent Help Technology conference held here in the Boston, MA, USA
area, Netscape and a presentation on NetHelp were suspiciously absent.